Steps

Choose a user name or nick. This user name should consist only of the letters from A-Z, the numbers from 0-9 and certain symbols such as "_" and "-". It may have a maximum of 16 characters. You can do

/nick NewNick

to switch to a new nickname.

3

Register your nick or user name. Type the following command and replace "your_password" with a password that will be easy to remember, and replace "your_email_address" with your email address.

/msg nickserv register your_passwordyour_email_address

4

Check your e-mail and verify your account. After you register, you will not be able to identify to NickServ until you have verified your registration. To do this, check your email for an account verification code.

5

Type the command that freenode asks you to type, into the server box.

Press the Enter key to fully confirm.

6

Group an alternate nickname with your main one. If you would like to register an alternate nickname, first switch to the alternate nickname that you want while you are identified as the main one, then group your nicks together with this command:

/nick NewNick

/msg nickserv group

7

Identify with Nickserv. Each time you connect, you should sign in, or "identify" yourself, using the following command:

/msg nickserv identify AccountNameYour-Password

SASL is the recommended way to identify, if your client supports it. It identifies you before you fully connect to the network and hence makes sure you're cloaked while you join channels.

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To contact a member of the staff, use the command /stats p or /quote stats p if the first doesn't work. Send them a private message using /query nick.

User names will generally expire after they've been unused for 10 weeks plus 1 week for each completed year of registration. This is counted from the last time it was connected as identified with NickServ. If the nickname you want is not in use and you want it, you can contact somebody with freenode staff to unassign it for you. Some nicks are not eligible to be unassigned, even if they're expired, but a staffer will let you know if that's the case.

To check when a nick was last identified with NickServ, use /msg NickServ info Nick

Choose a nick between 5 and 8 characters long, that is pronounceable. This will make it easier to identify and avoid confusion. Choose your nick wisely. Remember that users will identify this name with your person.

Take care to follow this process in the freenode window, not directly in a channel. If you type all the commands correctly, nothing should be visible to others, but it's very easy to type something else by mistake, and in so doing, you could expose your password.

In case there is no available staff member in /stats p, use /who freenode/staff/* or join the channel #freenode using /join #freenode.

/msg Nick message

Warnings

You must have a valid email address that is not disposable in order to register. If you register and you don't verify your registration using the instructions that are emailed to that address, you won't be able to identify and your nick will be automatically dropped after 24 hours.

Don't use any important passwords as your Freenode password. Keep this one separate.

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